Tori the Hanyou: Okay, Chapter 4 is up, too! Finally! You guys'll see some
serious Yugi/Tori fluff in this chapter (don't worry, nothing gross), along
with some more from the other couples. I love all of my reviewers, you guys
r awesome! Thanks for sticking with me!
DISCLAIMER: Never have, never will, get over it, self -_-
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YuGiOh! Trapped in the Next Dimension
Chapter 4: Truth or Dare, Oh Boy . . .
When Tori woke up, she looked at her clock next to her bed. The glowing red numbers said 7:15. She climbed out of bed and went out the door, heading down the stairs.
Tea had heard the dispute in the kitchen before she'd gone back to sleep in Tristan's arms, and the group sat, talking about it. Bakura had finally come downstairs, eaten breakfast, and joined them. Yugi had gone upstairs, thankfully.
"They sounded like something had happened," said Tea, "we gotta get them someplace so that they'll get to talk it over, and possibly start to like each other."
"Don't worry, Tea, I have the perfect idea," said Joey, smirking. He had been a little red-cheeked when he'd woken up to find his arm around Mai. "How about truth or dare?" Everyone looked nervously from one to another.
"Well, Joey, that's a great idea, but, won't they suspect something?" came Tristan's voice. Joey looked at him.
"What's there to suspect? Kids our age have played truth or dare since time began! It's the number one, foolproof plan to get those two together! It can't fail! When it comes to their turns, and they pick dare," he looked around at the skeptical faces, "What? I know Yugi! He won't back down from a dare! If he picks truth, I taunt him about it until he picks dare. Even if he refuses, we can still torture him by asking if he likes Tori." Tea piped in.
"Yeah, Tori's the same way. She always picks dare, unless she suspects something's up," she explained. So it was settled. They picked truth or dare, and everyone would pick truth to make the unsuspecting couple think that all of them were sissies and they would definitely pick dare, just to show off.
The day went by quickly, and not a sound nor sight was to be seen or heard from Yugi or Tori all day. Night fell quickly. The kids gathered in the teen room. Soon, they heard the yelling, pounding, and screaming from upstairs, as Tea and Joey came in, dragging two very enraged teens from their rooms upstairs. Tori couldn't believe how she'd been ambushed in the room she'd formerly shared with her friends while trying to gather the stuffed animals to put in her new room. Joey had always known where Yugi's room was, he'd just known better than to disturb his privacy. Tea sat Tori down next to her, keeping a firm hold on Tori's arm. Joey got help from Tristan holding down Yugi. Joey started.
"Okay, um, this is, as many of you . . .ouch, Yug! That was my leg! As many of you know, this is truth or dare, and if you don't know the rules, which you should, you're sunk, 'cause we ain't explainin' 'em to you. I'll go first!" Joey pointed to Tea across the circle. "Tea, truth or dare?" he asked. Tea sighed.
"Truth," she said. Joey wracked his brain for a good question.
"Have you ever kissed a guy before?" he asked slyly. Tea raised an eyebrow at him, glanced nervously at Tristan, and answered.
"No," she said.
"Remember, Tea you gotta tell the truth," said Joey. Tea glared at him.
"I know, and that is the truth," she answered. Tori heard something from Tristan, and it sounded suspiciously like a sigh.
"Ok, then, Tea, you pick someone!" said Joey. Tea picked Duke, who kept a cool look on his face the entire time.
"Ok, Duke, truth or dare?" asked Tea. Duke smiled.
"Truth," he answered. Tea knew just the question.
"Do you like Serenity as more than a friend?" Duke didn't even bother beating around the bush.
"Yes, I do," he replied. And with that said, he leaned over and kissed Serenity on the cheek, much to the displeasure of Joey, who almost let go of Yugi to throttle Duke. Serenity was blushing scarlet. "My turn to pick someone," he said. He smiled evilly at Yugi.
"Yugi, truth or dare?" Everyone looked on in anticipation, watching Yugi like he suddenly became one of the most interesting people in the world. Yugi looked around, unsure of which to pick. He had a bad feeling about both, knowing truth would only lead to a mind-trashing question, while dare would lead to something embarrassing, knowing Duke. He finally took a deep breath.
"Dare," he said, to give the game a twist. Then, evil smirks appeared on every face except his and Tori's, and he knew he'd picked the wrong thing. Being pulled to his feet, Yugi was dragged, fighting to the death, by Tristan and Joey, to the closet (not the broom closet, a carpeted closet that had been created just for the occasion) way down the hall at the very end. Tori snarled and tried to bite Tea, who had gotten help from Mai, as they dragged her behind Yugi. Serenity ran ahead and opened the door, and Joey and Tristan threw Yugi in, quickly followed by Mai and Tea, who threw Tori in on top of him. They shut the door, locking it, bolting it, sealing it, you name it, they did it, to keep the door shut. Duke peeked in through a tiny vent window placed near the top.
"Yugi, I dare you to kiss Tori. I don't care how long it takes; you're not coming out of there until you do it. Got that?" He shut the vent window, enclosing the two in complete darkness.
Tori sat up, getting off of Yugi to sit on the floor in the corner. Yugi turned his head to look where the window used to be open. He sat in the other corner, in front of the door.
They heard mumbling outside, but because of the excessive amount of sealing that had been done on the door, they couldn't hear much. Not even Tori's super-sharp ears could pick up what they were saying.
"Think we should check on them?" asked Tristan.
"No, they haven't been in there for more than thirty seconds, Tristan. Not even I would kiss someone that fast," said Duke.
"Maybe we should check, just to look," said Tea, "then we'll know how they're getting along, at least."
"Fine, fine, I'll look," said Duke exasperatingly. He walked over to the door, and opened the vent window slightly, looking. He closed it and walked away.
"What's up? What're they doing?" asked Tristan.
"They're sitting on opposite sides of the closet. I told you we shouldn't have made it a walk-in closet," said Duke, turning to Joey.
"Well, excuse me if I didn't want to kill my friend," said Joey, "Yugi hates small spaces."
"We don't care what Yugi hates right now, Joey, we're just trying to get them together. Once they resolve everything in the closet, he'll be okay, when he's got Tori in there," said Duke slyly. "Think we outta make it a normal size?" he asked the rest. Tea thought about it.
"Tori absolutely loathes small spaces, though, Duke. Her powers give her the instincts of an animal, and being locked in a small space will give her the reaction of a caged one." Tea explained.
"Do you wanna get them together or not?" asked Duke. Tea nodded. "Then let's make it smaller," he said slyly.
Tori sat in the closet, glowering at the fluffy carpeted floor. She glanced over at Yugi from time to time, her night vision enabling her to see what he was doing. He was sitting with his head down, trying to go to sleep, obviously, but Tori would've been amazed if anyone could go to sleep from all the buzzing going on outside. She turned her attention to the door, trying to get it open with her powers. Nothing worked; whatever her friends had put on the door to seal it was keeping her from using her powers on the door. Snarling to herself, Tori sat back against the wall. Suddenly, she felt something pushing her across the floor. She looked to see what it was, and was horrified to see the wall moving in towards the other one. Yugi saw it, too, and crushed himself against the opposite wall to get away from it. Tori tried to stop the wall from moving by pushing against it, but that didn't work. It finally stopped, just before crushing Tori and Yugi against one another. Tori's heart was pounding; she didn't like the close proximity of the closet, and she began to growl. She began kicking at the door, trying to break it down. Yugi sensed her fear, and it made him uneasy. He finally took Tori's shoulders and said,
"We're not getting out of here, so you might as well stop." Tori stopped, though her fear was still radiating. It started to disappear over the next few minutes as they sat, crushed together. Yugi could sense her closeness; it slightly scared him how close they were.
Tea frowned as she heard the thuds against the door.
"Told you she wouldn't like it," she said.
"She'll have to get over it," said Duke. The thuds ceased after about a minute. "See, what did I tell you? Yugi got her to stop already," he said. Tea smiled as she went over to the window and peeked in.
"Aww, come here you guys, look," said Tea. Everyone came and looked through the window. Tori and Yugi were sitting together, crushed, but at least they weren't arguing. "I guess it was a good idea to make the closet smaller, Duke," said Tea.
"What can I say? I'm a regular old Cupid, if I do say so myself," said Duke, grinning triumphantly. "Now, let's go watch a movie, it's not too late," he said.
"Your pick tonight, Tea," said Tristan.
"Pirates of the Caribbean," said Tea.
"I knew I liked this girl," said Tristan, putting an arm around her to take her into the teen room. Duke led Serenity by the hand, and Joey and Mai just walked. Bakura had gone upstairs, again, after getting bored of waiting for something to happen in the closet.
Tori held her ear to the door.
"Are they gone?" asked Yugi.
"Yeah, I think so. At least now we won't be getting looked on like animals in the zoo," said Tori. Yugi agreed.
"Yeah." They both fell silent, sitting there in pitch darkness for some time. Tori's closeness was making Yugi crazy. Thankfully, he knew how to keep his head. He finally broke the silence after about ten minutes.
"Hey, listen," he said, startling Tori from her doze. "About last night," Tori looked up at him, "Sorry." Tori looked back to the floor.
"No, its ok, you're now the only person who's actually seen the thing first- hand, it's kinda good to know that someone else knows." Yugi smiled. At least she wasn't mad at him anymore, which had been bugging him all day. Tori continued looking down, but broke the silence with a question of her own. "Have you ever lost someone?" she asked.
"Yeah, my parents," said Yugi.
"Oh, sorry," replied Tori. "You ever had any siblings?" she asked.
"Not a single one," said Yugi.
"Oh." Silence came again. Tori suddenly realized how cold it was in there, and she shivered. "You'd think those knuckleheads would've been smart enough to put a heater in here," she said.
"You're cold?" asked Yugi.
"A little," said Tori. Yugi stood up and grabbed two blankets off of the shelf. He tossed one down to Tori and sat down with his own. He covered himself with it, and turned against the wall, leaning his head on it. Tori covered herself, too, but that barely helped. She faced the other wall, and slowly went to sleep. Yugi heard her soft breathing after a few minutes, and turned to look at her. She looked so peaceful when she was sleeping. He was about to turn over back to his wall, when he heard her shiver.
"It's so cold," she mumbled in her sleep. She rolled over to face him, and Yugi could see her peaceful face had suddenly become restless as she took a breath and let out a shudder. Yugi finally took her in his arms, rubbing hers to make them warm. He heard a shout outside, and someone was coming towards the door. He heard clicking, of the thermostat, no doubt, and then the voice was gone. Strangely, whoever it was hadn't even looked in on them. He was at least glad that they'd turned the heater on after a few minutes. It became normal temperature in the closet again, but Yugi, surprised even with himself, didn't let go of Tori. She stirred in her sleep, snuggling up to him, and a strange feeling passed through Yugi's body. As he looked down at the sleeping girl in his arms, he relaxed, knowing that she was still asleep and didn't realize what he was doing. He slowly dropped off to sleep at the buzzing of the movie in the teen room down the hall.
Tori awoke at about midnight, realizing two arms were wrapped around her, she blushed furiously when she found out they were Yugi's. She tried to pull away from him, but that only made him tighten his grip on her. She gave in to him, relaxing in his arms, resting her head under his neck. It was hard to believe that she'd ever hated this guy, or not trusted him. She sighed, content, and went back to sleep.
They both awoke at about seven o clock in the morning. Tori tried to get out of his arms again, but he continued to hold her, even though he was awake.
"What's up?" she asked, seeing the look on Yugi's face. He was smirking. 'Uh, oh' thought Tori.
"Well, it's morning, and we still haven't done what we were locked in here to do," said Yugi. Tori blushed furiously again, remembering.
"So, what? Are we proud of that?" she asked.
"Well, I was wondering, they're still not gonna let us out until we do. You wanna get it over with?" asked Yugi. Tori didn't know if she'd ever blushed a deeper shade of red. She turned her face, hiding it. Yugi smiled coolly, she wanted to, she was just embarrassed to. He turned her face back to look at him, knowing her answer, and leaned in.
Tea awoke in Tristan's steel grip again, and had to pry his hands and fingers apart to get out. She then realized something. 'Oops, we left them in there all night!' she thought, horrified. She raced to the closet to check on them.
Tori's head was in Yugi's hands, so she couldn't pull away, not that she wanted to. She saw him leaning in, getting closer. He closed his eyes, and, subconsciously, so did she. He pressed his lips against hers, wrapping his arms around her. Tori was at first a little edgy, but she soon yielded to it, leaning back towards him, putting her arms around his neck. Tea peeked into the closet, and saw them kissing. She couldn't believe it, they were actually doing it, and apparently enjoying it from the amount of time they stayed together. Tori pulled away from Yugi, smiling at him. Yugi's arms were still around her, and he smiled back. Tori put her head underneath his chin, sighing, and both fell asleep again. Tea waited a few minutes to make sure they were asleep, then snuck away, and walked back normally, giving them enough time to try to hide it. She unlocked the closet, with Tori's Polaroid camera behind her back. She opened the door quietly, and took a picture. The flash startled the sleeping couple, and Tori saw her camera pointed at them, with a picture coming out of it. She saw Tea peek out from behind the camera, and noticed that the door was open. Tea quickly stuffed the picture into her pocket and ran. Tori jumped out of Yugi's arms and tore out the door after Tea.
The other kids in the room sat up, groaning. Tristan heard Tea scream, and immediately snapped awake, realizing she wasn't there. He jumped up and ran to the teen room doorway, but was soon stopped by a figure walking into the room calmly. He backed up, realizing whom it was. Yugi walked after him, stopping behind the couches, an expression that would've turned hell to ice on his face, as he looked at all the boys who had participated. Joey and Duke immediately sprang up, seeing it was Yugi.
"Who let the tiger out of his cage?" asked Duke to Joey. They heard a roar like an actual tiger out in the hallway as Tea sprinted past the door, followed closely by one ticked-off girl. "Let me rephrase that, tigers," said Duke.
"Don't ask me," said Joey, "Tristan?"
"Not me," said Tristan. He saw Tea was in trouble, though, and dodged around Yugi and tore out into the hallway to stop Tori. Yugi saw he was going to go after Tori, and turned to the other two.
"I'll be back," was all he muttered before racing off after Tristan.
Tea raced through the dining room, the kitchen, the front hallway, and all over the place to try to avoid Tori, but she was gaining on her by the second. Tori finally got close enough to where she tripped Tea with her foot. Tea fell, and Tori was about to spring on her when she felt a hand grab her by the collar of her shirt and yank her back, nearly choking her, along with nearly giving her whiplash. Tori heard Tea gasp.
"Tristan!" she said. Tori turned and saw Tristan, who had a grip on her collar and her arm. She tried to get away, forgetting about Tea.
"You gonna hurt my girl?" asked Tristan. Tori couldn't even tell what he was saying anymore; she felt pain in her arm as he twisted it behind her back. It was all she could do to keep from crying out. Suddenly, she fell over as something blasted into Tristan. She rubbed her arm, wincing. She looked up, and saw Yugi standing over Tristan. She smiled, and looked back at Tea. Yugi spoke.
"Tristan, you gotta remember something, this is a girl thing, it does not concern us guys, so there was NO DAMN REASON TO HURT TORI!!!" he said, yelling out the last few words, kicking Tristan in the leg. "Now, let them resolve this," he said, turning to the girls. Tori took the cue, and pinched Tea in the arm.
"Ow!" cried Tea, rubbing where she'd pinched her.
"That was for locking us in the closet," said Tori, standing up.
"W-what? You chased me all over the house just to pinch me?" asked Tea.
"Yeah, why? You wanted me to beat you to a pulp?" asked Tori.
"Why did you chase me, roaring and snarling, just to do that?" she asked.
"Cause I wanted to scare the shit out of you, too," said Tori, smirking. Tea stared at her.
"You see, Tristan? Everything worked out," said Yugi. He left, followed by Tristan. When the boys were gone, Tori helped Tea up, and gave her a big hug.
"That was for getting me a night alone with Yugi," she said. Tea's eyes widened.
"You're welcome," she said, smiling. So they did have a good time, after all. They walked back to the teen room, just as Mai and Serenity came running out, and painful yelps sounded from in the room.
"Who wants breakfast?" asked Tori, not daring to look in. There were a lot of 'I do's, so they went and had some cereal. They were halfway finished when the four boys walked in, three covered with bruises. The girls were seated at the rectangular table in the kitchen. Yugi got his own bowl and sat down next to Tori, putting an arm around her, much to the shock of everyone except himself.
"You okay?" he asked Tori. She nodded, blushing. He took his arm off and made his breakfast without another word, but, inwardly, he was smirking at the expressions of his friends. They'd never seen him be nice like that before, at least not since before he became evil. Now he seemed back to his old self. They hoped so.
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Tori the Hanyou: Whew! Yet another one finished! I told you there would be some serious Tori/Yugi fluff. I want to thank MarikzGal4Eva for telling me what yaoi is, and Lilly Starwind for sticking with me! Yeah, I know, I don't have anyone for Bakura, but maybe I'll find someone soon. Thanks a lot, you guys!
Hang on for Chapter 5: Road Trip
DISCLAIMER: Never have, never will, get over it, self -_-
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YuGiOh! Trapped in the Next Dimension
Chapter 4: Truth or Dare, Oh Boy . . .
When Tori woke up, she looked at her clock next to her bed. The glowing red numbers said 7:15. She climbed out of bed and went out the door, heading down the stairs.
Tea had heard the dispute in the kitchen before she'd gone back to sleep in Tristan's arms, and the group sat, talking about it. Bakura had finally come downstairs, eaten breakfast, and joined them. Yugi had gone upstairs, thankfully.
"They sounded like something had happened," said Tea, "we gotta get them someplace so that they'll get to talk it over, and possibly start to like each other."
"Don't worry, Tea, I have the perfect idea," said Joey, smirking. He had been a little red-cheeked when he'd woken up to find his arm around Mai. "How about truth or dare?" Everyone looked nervously from one to another.
"Well, Joey, that's a great idea, but, won't they suspect something?" came Tristan's voice. Joey looked at him.
"What's there to suspect? Kids our age have played truth or dare since time began! It's the number one, foolproof plan to get those two together! It can't fail! When it comes to their turns, and they pick dare," he looked around at the skeptical faces, "What? I know Yugi! He won't back down from a dare! If he picks truth, I taunt him about it until he picks dare. Even if he refuses, we can still torture him by asking if he likes Tori." Tea piped in.
"Yeah, Tori's the same way. She always picks dare, unless she suspects something's up," she explained. So it was settled. They picked truth or dare, and everyone would pick truth to make the unsuspecting couple think that all of them were sissies and they would definitely pick dare, just to show off.
The day went by quickly, and not a sound nor sight was to be seen or heard from Yugi or Tori all day. Night fell quickly. The kids gathered in the teen room. Soon, they heard the yelling, pounding, and screaming from upstairs, as Tea and Joey came in, dragging two very enraged teens from their rooms upstairs. Tori couldn't believe how she'd been ambushed in the room she'd formerly shared with her friends while trying to gather the stuffed animals to put in her new room. Joey had always known where Yugi's room was, he'd just known better than to disturb his privacy. Tea sat Tori down next to her, keeping a firm hold on Tori's arm. Joey got help from Tristan holding down Yugi. Joey started.
"Okay, um, this is, as many of you . . .ouch, Yug! That was my leg! As many of you know, this is truth or dare, and if you don't know the rules, which you should, you're sunk, 'cause we ain't explainin' 'em to you. I'll go first!" Joey pointed to Tea across the circle. "Tea, truth or dare?" he asked. Tea sighed.
"Truth," she said. Joey wracked his brain for a good question.
"Have you ever kissed a guy before?" he asked slyly. Tea raised an eyebrow at him, glanced nervously at Tristan, and answered.
"No," she said.
"Remember, Tea you gotta tell the truth," said Joey. Tea glared at him.
"I know, and that is the truth," she answered. Tori heard something from Tristan, and it sounded suspiciously like a sigh.
"Ok, then, Tea, you pick someone!" said Joey. Tea picked Duke, who kept a cool look on his face the entire time.
"Ok, Duke, truth or dare?" asked Tea. Duke smiled.
"Truth," he answered. Tea knew just the question.
"Do you like Serenity as more than a friend?" Duke didn't even bother beating around the bush.
"Yes, I do," he replied. And with that said, he leaned over and kissed Serenity on the cheek, much to the displeasure of Joey, who almost let go of Yugi to throttle Duke. Serenity was blushing scarlet. "My turn to pick someone," he said. He smiled evilly at Yugi.
"Yugi, truth or dare?" Everyone looked on in anticipation, watching Yugi like he suddenly became one of the most interesting people in the world. Yugi looked around, unsure of which to pick. He had a bad feeling about both, knowing truth would only lead to a mind-trashing question, while dare would lead to something embarrassing, knowing Duke. He finally took a deep breath.
"Dare," he said, to give the game a twist. Then, evil smirks appeared on every face except his and Tori's, and he knew he'd picked the wrong thing. Being pulled to his feet, Yugi was dragged, fighting to the death, by Tristan and Joey, to the closet (not the broom closet, a carpeted closet that had been created just for the occasion) way down the hall at the very end. Tori snarled and tried to bite Tea, who had gotten help from Mai, as they dragged her behind Yugi. Serenity ran ahead and opened the door, and Joey and Tristan threw Yugi in, quickly followed by Mai and Tea, who threw Tori in on top of him. They shut the door, locking it, bolting it, sealing it, you name it, they did it, to keep the door shut. Duke peeked in through a tiny vent window placed near the top.
"Yugi, I dare you to kiss Tori. I don't care how long it takes; you're not coming out of there until you do it. Got that?" He shut the vent window, enclosing the two in complete darkness.
Tori sat up, getting off of Yugi to sit on the floor in the corner. Yugi turned his head to look where the window used to be open. He sat in the other corner, in front of the door.
They heard mumbling outside, but because of the excessive amount of sealing that had been done on the door, they couldn't hear much. Not even Tori's super-sharp ears could pick up what they were saying.
"Think we should check on them?" asked Tristan.
"No, they haven't been in there for more than thirty seconds, Tristan. Not even I would kiss someone that fast," said Duke.
"Maybe we should check, just to look," said Tea, "then we'll know how they're getting along, at least."
"Fine, fine, I'll look," said Duke exasperatingly. He walked over to the door, and opened the vent window slightly, looking. He closed it and walked away.
"What's up? What're they doing?" asked Tristan.
"They're sitting on opposite sides of the closet. I told you we shouldn't have made it a walk-in closet," said Duke, turning to Joey.
"Well, excuse me if I didn't want to kill my friend," said Joey, "Yugi hates small spaces."
"We don't care what Yugi hates right now, Joey, we're just trying to get them together. Once they resolve everything in the closet, he'll be okay, when he's got Tori in there," said Duke slyly. "Think we outta make it a normal size?" he asked the rest. Tea thought about it.
"Tori absolutely loathes small spaces, though, Duke. Her powers give her the instincts of an animal, and being locked in a small space will give her the reaction of a caged one." Tea explained.
"Do you wanna get them together or not?" asked Duke. Tea nodded. "Then let's make it smaller," he said slyly.
Tori sat in the closet, glowering at the fluffy carpeted floor. She glanced over at Yugi from time to time, her night vision enabling her to see what he was doing. He was sitting with his head down, trying to go to sleep, obviously, but Tori would've been amazed if anyone could go to sleep from all the buzzing going on outside. She turned her attention to the door, trying to get it open with her powers. Nothing worked; whatever her friends had put on the door to seal it was keeping her from using her powers on the door. Snarling to herself, Tori sat back against the wall. Suddenly, she felt something pushing her across the floor. She looked to see what it was, and was horrified to see the wall moving in towards the other one. Yugi saw it, too, and crushed himself against the opposite wall to get away from it. Tori tried to stop the wall from moving by pushing against it, but that didn't work. It finally stopped, just before crushing Tori and Yugi against one another. Tori's heart was pounding; she didn't like the close proximity of the closet, and she began to growl. She began kicking at the door, trying to break it down. Yugi sensed her fear, and it made him uneasy. He finally took Tori's shoulders and said,
"We're not getting out of here, so you might as well stop." Tori stopped, though her fear was still radiating. It started to disappear over the next few minutes as they sat, crushed together. Yugi could sense her closeness; it slightly scared him how close they were.
Tea frowned as she heard the thuds against the door.
"Told you she wouldn't like it," she said.
"She'll have to get over it," said Duke. The thuds ceased after about a minute. "See, what did I tell you? Yugi got her to stop already," he said. Tea smiled as she went over to the window and peeked in.
"Aww, come here you guys, look," said Tea. Everyone came and looked through the window. Tori and Yugi were sitting together, crushed, but at least they weren't arguing. "I guess it was a good idea to make the closet smaller, Duke," said Tea.
"What can I say? I'm a regular old Cupid, if I do say so myself," said Duke, grinning triumphantly. "Now, let's go watch a movie, it's not too late," he said.
"Your pick tonight, Tea," said Tristan.
"Pirates of the Caribbean," said Tea.
"I knew I liked this girl," said Tristan, putting an arm around her to take her into the teen room. Duke led Serenity by the hand, and Joey and Mai just walked. Bakura had gone upstairs, again, after getting bored of waiting for something to happen in the closet.
Tori held her ear to the door.
"Are they gone?" asked Yugi.
"Yeah, I think so. At least now we won't be getting looked on like animals in the zoo," said Tori. Yugi agreed.
"Yeah." They both fell silent, sitting there in pitch darkness for some time. Tori's closeness was making Yugi crazy. Thankfully, he knew how to keep his head. He finally broke the silence after about ten minutes.
"Hey, listen," he said, startling Tori from her doze. "About last night," Tori looked up at him, "Sorry." Tori looked back to the floor.
"No, its ok, you're now the only person who's actually seen the thing first- hand, it's kinda good to know that someone else knows." Yugi smiled. At least she wasn't mad at him anymore, which had been bugging him all day. Tori continued looking down, but broke the silence with a question of her own. "Have you ever lost someone?" she asked.
"Yeah, my parents," said Yugi.
"Oh, sorry," replied Tori. "You ever had any siblings?" she asked.
"Not a single one," said Yugi.
"Oh." Silence came again. Tori suddenly realized how cold it was in there, and she shivered. "You'd think those knuckleheads would've been smart enough to put a heater in here," she said.
"You're cold?" asked Yugi.
"A little," said Tori. Yugi stood up and grabbed two blankets off of the shelf. He tossed one down to Tori and sat down with his own. He covered himself with it, and turned against the wall, leaning his head on it. Tori covered herself, too, but that barely helped. She faced the other wall, and slowly went to sleep. Yugi heard her soft breathing after a few minutes, and turned to look at her. She looked so peaceful when she was sleeping. He was about to turn over back to his wall, when he heard her shiver.
"It's so cold," she mumbled in her sleep. She rolled over to face him, and Yugi could see her peaceful face had suddenly become restless as she took a breath and let out a shudder. Yugi finally took her in his arms, rubbing hers to make them warm. He heard a shout outside, and someone was coming towards the door. He heard clicking, of the thermostat, no doubt, and then the voice was gone. Strangely, whoever it was hadn't even looked in on them. He was at least glad that they'd turned the heater on after a few minutes. It became normal temperature in the closet again, but Yugi, surprised even with himself, didn't let go of Tori. She stirred in her sleep, snuggling up to him, and a strange feeling passed through Yugi's body. As he looked down at the sleeping girl in his arms, he relaxed, knowing that she was still asleep and didn't realize what he was doing. He slowly dropped off to sleep at the buzzing of the movie in the teen room down the hall.
Tori awoke at about midnight, realizing two arms were wrapped around her, she blushed furiously when she found out they were Yugi's. She tried to pull away from him, but that only made him tighten his grip on her. She gave in to him, relaxing in his arms, resting her head under his neck. It was hard to believe that she'd ever hated this guy, or not trusted him. She sighed, content, and went back to sleep.
They both awoke at about seven o clock in the morning. Tori tried to get out of his arms again, but he continued to hold her, even though he was awake.
"What's up?" she asked, seeing the look on Yugi's face. He was smirking. 'Uh, oh' thought Tori.
"Well, it's morning, and we still haven't done what we were locked in here to do," said Yugi. Tori blushed furiously again, remembering.
"So, what? Are we proud of that?" she asked.
"Well, I was wondering, they're still not gonna let us out until we do. You wanna get it over with?" asked Yugi. Tori didn't know if she'd ever blushed a deeper shade of red. She turned her face, hiding it. Yugi smiled coolly, she wanted to, she was just embarrassed to. He turned her face back to look at him, knowing her answer, and leaned in.
Tea awoke in Tristan's steel grip again, and had to pry his hands and fingers apart to get out. She then realized something. 'Oops, we left them in there all night!' she thought, horrified. She raced to the closet to check on them.
Tori's head was in Yugi's hands, so she couldn't pull away, not that she wanted to. She saw him leaning in, getting closer. He closed his eyes, and, subconsciously, so did she. He pressed his lips against hers, wrapping his arms around her. Tori was at first a little edgy, but she soon yielded to it, leaning back towards him, putting her arms around his neck. Tea peeked into the closet, and saw them kissing. She couldn't believe it, they were actually doing it, and apparently enjoying it from the amount of time they stayed together. Tori pulled away from Yugi, smiling at him. Yugi's arms were still around her, and he smiled back. Tori put her head underneath his chin, sighing, and both fell asleep again. Tea waited a few minutes to make sure they were asleep, then snuck away, and walked back normally, giving them enough time to try to hide it. She unlocked the closet, with Tori's Polaroid camera behind her back. She opened the door quietly, and took a picture. The flash startled the sleeping couple, and Tori saw her camera pointed at them, with a picture coming out of it. She saw Tea peek out from behind the camera, and noticed that the door was open. Tea quickly stuffed the picture into her pocket and ran. Tori jumped out of Yugi's arms and tore out the door after Tea.
The other kids in the room sat up, groaning. Tristan heard Tea scream, and immediately snapped awake, realizing she wasn't there. He jumped up and ran to the teen room doorway, but was soon stopped by a figure walking into the room calmly. He backed up, realizing whom it was. Yugi walked after him, stopping behind the couches, an expression that would've turned hell to ice on his face, as he looked at all the boys who had participated. Joey and Duke immediately sprang up, seeing it was Yugi.
"Who let the tiger out of his cage?" asked Duke to Joey. They heard a roar like an actual tiger out in the hallway as Tea sprinted past the door, followed closely by one ticked-off girl. "Let me rephrase that, tigers," said Duke.
"Don't ask me," said Joey, "Tristan?"
"Not me," said Tristan. He saw Tea was in trouble, though, and dodged around Yugi and tore out into the hallway to stop Tori. Yugi saw he was going to go after Tori, and turned to the other two.
"I'll be back," was all he muttered before racing off after Tristan.
Tea raced through the dining room, the kitchen, the front hallway, and all over the place to try to avoid Tori, but she was gaining on her by the second. Tori finally got close enough to where she tripped Tea with her foot. Tea fell, and Tori was about to spring on her when she felt a hand grab her by the collar of her shirt and yank her back, nearly choking her, along with nearly giving her whiplash. Tori heard Tea gasp.
"Tristan!" she said. Tori turned and saw Tristan, who had a grip on her collar and her arm. She tried to get away, forgetting about Tea.
"You gonna hurt my girl?" asked Tristan. Tori couldn't even tell what he was saying anymore; she felt pain in her arm as he twisted it behind her back. It was all she could do to keep from crying out. Suddenly, she fell over as something blasted into Tristan. She rubbed her arm, wincing. She looked up, and saw Yugi standing over Tristan. She smiled, and looked back at Tea. Yugi spoke.
"Tristan, you gotta remember something, this is a girl thing, it does not concern us guys, so there was NO DAMN REASON TO HURT TORI!!!" he said, yelling out the last few words, kicking Tristan in the leg. "Now, let them resolve this," he said, turning to the girls. Tori took the cue, and pinched Tea in the arm.
"Ow!" cried Tea, rubbing where she'd pinched her.
"That was for locking us in the closet," said Tori, standing up.
"W-what? You chased me all over the house just to pinch me?" asked Tea.
"Yeah, why? You wanted me to beat you to a pulp?" asked Tori.
"Why did you chase me, roaring and snarling, just to do that?" she asked.
"Cause I wanted to scare the shit out of you, too," said Tori, smirking. Tea stared at her.
"You see, Tristan? Everything worked out," said Yugi. He left, followed by Tristan. When the boys were gone, Tori helped Tea up, and gave her a big hug.
"That was for getting me a night alone with Yugi," she said. Tea's eyes widened.
"You're welcome," she said, smiling. So they did have a good time, after all. They walked back to the teen room, just as Mai and Serenity came running out, and painful yelps sounded from in the room.
"Who wants breakfast?" asked Tori, not daring to look in. There were a lot of 'I do's, so they went and had some cereal. They were halfway finished when the four boys walked in, three covered with bruises. The girls were seated at the rectangular table in the kitchen. Yugi got his own bowl and sat down next to Tori, putting an arm around her, much to the shock of everyone except himself.
"You okay?" he asked Tori. She nodded, blushing. He took his arm off and made his breakfast without another word, but, inwardly, he was smirking at the expressions of his friends. They'd never seen him be nice like that before, at least not since before he became evil. Now he seemed back to his old self. They hoped so.
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Tori the Hanyou: Whew! Yet another one finished! I told you there would be some serious Tori/Yugi fluff. I want to thank MarikzGal4Eva for telling me what yaoi is, and Lilly Starwind for sticking with me! Yeah, I know, I don't have anyone for Bakura, but maybe I'll find someone soon. Thanks a lot, you guys!
Hang on for Chapter 5: Road Trip